Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:07:09 -0500
From: Kevin Ivers
Subject: ANOTHER MAJOR SETBACK FOR PAT ROBERTSON
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kevin Ivers
June 9, 1999 (202) 347-5306 x12
ROBERTSON CORPORATE MELTDOWN CONTINUES
Hurriedly Resigns from Laura Ashley Under Threat of Protests
(WASHINGTON) Right on the heels of the collapse of a multi-million dollar
deal with the Bank of Scotland, the far-right political empire of
televangelist Pat Robertson was dealt yet another blow today. Under the
threat of an international protest like the one his Bank of Scotland deal
faced, Robertson announced his abrupt resignation from the board of
directors of Laura Ashley, a UK-based company.
Robertson's position on the Laura Ashley board was the final high-profile
mainstream affiliation left in Robertson's corporate portfolio, and his
continued misfortune has sent chills through the far right. It is not
known whether Robertson faced pressure to resign from inside Laura Ashley,
where he owns two million shares of the company, but the timing was clearly
in reaction to word
"This should send a message to the business world and the political world
that Pat Robertson's extremist views are indivisible from him, and they
will damage anyone who tries to affiliate with him," said Kevin Ivers,
director of public affairs for Log Cabin Republicans.
Log Cabin Republicans is the nation's largest gay Republican organization,
with state and local chapters nationwide, a federal political action
committee and a national office headquartered in Washington, D.C. LCR
joined forces with Equality Scotland in March to lead an international
effort to expose Robertson's views in light of his deal with the Bank of
Scotland, which officially collapsed on June 5, 1999.
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Log Cabin Republicans Kevin Ivers
(202) 347-5306 phone Director of Public Affairs
(202) 347-5224 fax http://www.lcr.org